EARTHQUAKE

>Earthquake is the sudden release of energy on the earth's crust. It is the shaking or trembling of the earth that is volcanic or tectonic region. It is a series of vibrations induced in the earth' crust.

>TECTONIC EARTHQUAKE  occurs when strains in rock masses have accumulated to a point where the resulting stresses exceed the strength. It occurs also when two tectonic plates rub together to cause friction. Its causes the earth to tremble.

>VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE is any earthquake that results from tectonic forces which occur in conjunction with volcanic activity. It occurs when volcano produces acidic lava which dries quickly.

>LANDSLIP EARTHQUAKE is a wide range of ground movement such as rock falls, deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows. It can cause landslide.

>CAUSES OF AN EARTHQUAKE

>faulting

|>sudden lateral or vertical movement of rock along a rupture surface. The surface of the earth is continuous slow motion. This is plate tectonics the motion of immersed rigid plates at the surface of the earth in response to flow of rock within the earth. The plates cover the entire surface of the globe.

>FOCUS  is the place of origin of an earthquake while EPICENTER is the part of the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.

>FORE SHOCKS is any of the usually minor tremors commonly preceding shock of earthquake while AFTERSHOCK is an after effect of a distressing or traumatic event.

>SEISMOGRAPH is an apparatus to measure and record vibrations within the earth and or the ground. A means of recording motion of the mass relative to the frame or the force needed to keep it from moving any movement of the ground moves the frame. The mass tends not to move because of its inertia by measuring the movement between the frame and the mass, the motion of the ground can be determined.

>MAGNITUDE measures the energy released at the source of an earthquake while INTENSITY measures  the strength of shaking produced  by the earthquake at a certain location.

>RICHTER MAGNITUDE SCXALE has develop to assign a single number to quantify the energy released during an earthquake while ROSSI-FORREL SCALE was one of the first seismic scales to reflect earthquake intensities. Developed by Michelle Sletano Cebte de Rossi of Italy and François Alphonse Forel of Switzerland in the late 19Th century.

>BEFORE AN EARTHQUAKE

>learn first aid kit 

>learn how to turn off the gas, water and electricity

>learn the earthquake plan at your school or workplace 

>DURING AN EARTHQUAKE

>don't use elevators (they probably get stuck anyway)

>don't use matches and candles or any flame. Broken gas lines and fire don't mix

.if you're in a car. stop the car and stay inside the car until the earthquake stops.

>AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE

>stay out of damaged buildings

>check yourself and others for injuries, Provide first aid for anyone who needs it

>turn on the radio. Don't use the phone unless it's on emergency

global warming

* I learned that is the rise in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans since the late 19th century and its projected continuation. Since the early 20th century, Earth's mean surface temperature has increased by about 0.8 °C (1.4 °F), with about two-thirds of the increase occurring since 1980. Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and scientists are more than 90% certain that it is primarily caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases produced by human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels and  deforestation. These findings are recognized by the national science academies of all major industrialized nations.

* I want to know more about if this weather phenomena can destruct and kills lives at the future.

* I  would like to seek for the data of our government for the past centuries if this weather phenomena happened and what its effect.

* I appreciate the fact that Future climate change and associated impacts will vary from region to region around the globe.The effects of an increase in global temperature include arise in sea levels and a change in the amount and pattern of precipitation.. 

* I can apply my learnings and insights through searching and finding data in our government that  can help me to alert myself for the future.

Climate change

* I  learned that climate change  is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions, or in the distribution of weather around the average conditions.

* I want to know more about its causes and effects through searching and finding data and recordings of the responsible government agencies.

* I would like to seek for the data and recordings of different countries that are trying to solve this weather phenomena.

* I appreciate the fact that Climate change is caused by factors that include oceanic processes (such as oceanic circulation), biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics and volcanic eruptions, and human-induced alterations of the natural world; these latter effects are currently causing global warming, and "climate change" is often used to describe human-specific impacts.

* I can apply my learnings and insights through communicating in the nearest government agencies that are responsible so that I can use it in my daily living. 

ITCZ or Intertropical Convergence Zone

* I learned that ITCZ or  Intertropical Convergence Zone , known by sailors as the doldrums, is the area encircling the earth near the equator where the northeast and southeast trade winds come together.

* I want to know more about ITCZ  because this weather disturbances/phenomena mostly affects tropical countries like Philippines.

* I would like to seek for the history of ITCZ and what it is effect in one country.

* I appreciate the fact that it is referred as the doldrums because of its erratic weather patterns with stagnant calms and violent thunderstorms.

* I can apply my learning and insights about ITCZ through communicating and listening to the facts that are given by our weather forecaster .

Fujiwhara effect

 

   

*I learned that  named after Sakuhei Fujiwhara, sometimes referred to as Fujiwara interaction or binary interaction, is when two nearbycyclonic vortices orbit each other and close the distance between the circulations of their corresponding low-pressure areas.

* I want to know more about the different factors that can affect Fujiwhara effect.

* I would like to seek for data and recordings of our government if this Fujiwhara effect happen yearly in our country.

* I appreciate the fact that binary interaction of smaller circulations can cause the formation of a larger cyclone, or cause two cyclones to merge into one. It also rotate to their center that could have appearance of orbit.

* I can apply my learning and insights about weather phenomena like Fujiwhara effect that happen in our country.